Jehovah Witness... are they Christian?

[Dawn33]

Does anyone know about this group??I am not very familiar with this church, but a few of the students in my class are involved in this church and some of the things we do in class are things that these kids cannot participate in. It made things very awkward around Christmas time. I was just wondering if anyone knew.

 

Thanks,

 

Dawn

 

Also... what are topic tags?  

[Littlelambseativy]

They are a cult that pucks and chooses the parts of the Bible that suit them. They do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God. The also believe they are the 144,000 ..just not sure which of them are since there are more than that..etc, etc.

[ayin jade]

They deny the Trinity of God. They deny that Jesus is God in the flesh. They are a cult and not good. 

[ayin jade]

You will find this helpful.

 

http://carm.org/is-the-jehovahs-witness-religion-christian

 

http://carm.org/jehovahs-witnesses

[Dawn33]

Thank You, Ayin Jade ... for those links...very interesting... I had no idea they deny the deity of Christ.

[OneLight]

They do not celebrate any holidays, including their own birthday.  Any class participation with dates like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, etc. will result in the same denial of participation.

[Wildstar]

JWs believe Jesus is not God and deny the power of God

[Dawn33]

They do not celebrate any holidays, including their own birthday.  Any class participation with dates like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, etc. will result in the same denial of participation.

Yes the class participation was a huge problem last week. It was sad because I had to deny a 7 year old kid from having a cup cake when everyone else in the class had one because his mother told me he could not have candy or cup cakes if they were holiday related. It just felt so wrong that I had to do this to a kid. He also had to sit in the office when the rest of the class went to a Christmas concert .  

[OakWood]

Technically they are what is known as a Christian Cult. These are groups that claim to be Christians but are not because they don't follow the basic principles/rules of Christianity. and have twisted scripture somewhat.

This is not the same as a Christian denomination such as Catholics, Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals etc.

However despite the heresy and falseness of Jehovah's Witnesses, I personally have a lot to thank them for...... but that's another story.

[Dawn33]

Technically they are what is known as a Christian Cult. These are groups that claim to be Christians but are not because they don't follow the basic principles/rules of Christianity. and have twisted scripture somewhat.

This is not the same as a Christian denomination such as Catholics, Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals etc.

However despite the heresy and falseness of Jehovah's Witnesses, I personally have a lot to thank them for...... but that's another story.

Now I am curious....what do you have to thank them for?   I don't know much about them and I respect the freedom we have to chose to believe what we want to... but I don't understand why people fall into these cult like type religions when they have bibles to read and find answers for themselves.